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Saturday, June 04, 2011

Carnival of Genealogy, 106th Edition

Welcome to the June 4, 2011 edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. The topic for this edition is: The Annual Swimsuit Edition! Summer's here and it's time for swimsuits and sand pails, beaches and barbeque's, and lots of warm weather fun. It's always great to look back at our ancestors and see how they enjoyed summer and stayed cool on hot summer days. That's what this edition is all about. This is the 4th annual Swimsuit Edition. You can take a look back at previous Swimsuit Editions for 2010, 2009, and 2008 too! Before you head out to enjoy summer at a beach or pool near you, pour yourself a tall glass of iced tea, put your feet up, and enjoy the swimsuits of yesteryear. The Carnival is back in town!

Bill West presents AUGUST 1976 posted at West in New England, saying, "I recently found a bunch of photos from a family gathering at Brant Rock Marshfield Ma from nearly 35 years ago. I thought I'd share!"

Dawn Thurston presents Carnival of Genealogy: A Day at the Beach (Redondo Beach, CA, 1928) posted at Memoir Mentor, saying, "There's nothing like a day at the beach when you're a kid. This story is about a photo taken of my mother and four of her siblings on the shore of Redondo Beach, California. The year is 1928. The Depression will hit the following year. They will soon lose their father, and their lives will change forever. But on this day, dressed in an assortment of makeshift swimming attire, they're as carefree as any kids on the beach."

Cynthia Shenette presents Girls Just Wanna Have Fun... posted at Heritage Zen:, saying, "Bathing suit styles may have changed just a wee bit over the last hundred years, but one thing has stayed the same. Best friends can still enjoy a day at the beach together. So take off your corset, roll down your stockings (not too far), and enjoy a glorious day at the beach!"

Kristin Cleage Williams presents Idlewild Michigan - Mostly August 1948 posted at My Cleages And Reeds, saying, "It's 1948 and Hugh, Anna and my Grandfather are in Idlewild swimming while the rest of the family swelters in Detroit. A little Idlewild history, some postcards..time to remember."

Charles Hansen presents Carnival of Genealogy 2011 Swimsuit Issue posted at Mikkel's Hus, saying, "Took me a long time to find this photo, I knew I had seen it but could not remember where I had seen it lately. Notice we are all standing on the dock, the beach there was very sharp gravel and very hard on bare feet."

Brett Payne presents Carnival of Genealogy 105: Swimsuit Edition posted at Photo-Sleuth, saying, "My first contribution to the COG for a while, I hope this snapshot of a young lady and her tousle-haired charge who have forsaken the convention of a bathing machine, and are heading straight into the water in some very skimpy outfits, will delight readers. Whatever will they think of next."

Jasia presents The Summer of '42 posted at Creative Gene, saying, "My mom and her best friend are featured in this scrapbook page. This was a summer when the gals were young and single, but the country was at war. There weren't many boys at the beach but one could always take "pin-up" pics!"

That concludes this edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I love summer and this is my favorite edition of the COG. Thanks to all for contributing your family photos. You made this another terrific edition of the COG!

Call for Submissions! The topic for the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy will be: the seasons of genealogy. Do you spend more time on genealogy research in the summer or in the winter, or maybe spring or fall? How does the amount of time you put into research and blogging differ from season to season? Or perhaps you'd like to think of things metaphorically... which season is your genealogy research in? Write up your thoughts and observations and submit your articles to the next edition of the COG. The deadline is July 1st. This edition will be hosted by Bill West of West in New England. Thanks, Bill!

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